Appendix B

Requirements and Notices

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for Windows and Macintosh are listed below. For optimum performance, a faster processor and more memory are recommended. If you’re scanning high resolution images, you need more than the minimum available hard disk space.

Note: Color and tone reproduction are subject to the display capability of your computer system, including the video card, monitor, and software. See the documentation for these products for details.

Windows

■A Microsoft® Windows-compatible PC with a Pentium®-equivalent processor, 233 MHz or faster recommended

■Preinstalled Windows XP, 98, Me, or 2000

■SCSI, USB, or FireWire IEEE 1394 (Windows XP, Me, or 2000 only) port; FireWire card must be OHCI-compliant

■128MB RAM (256MB RAM recommended for all systems)

■300MB available hard disk space

■CD-ROM drive

■VGA color monitor with 640 × 480 resolution (a color monitor with a resolution of 800 × 600 or higher recommended)

■16-bit, 65K-color display adapter card (24-bit display adapter card with millions of colors recommended)

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